Antonyms for approve
əˈpruvap·prove

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1. approve

   In the old sense of wonder, admire is practically obsolete; the word now expresses a delight and approval, in which the element of wonder unconsciously mingles. We admire beauty in nature and art, delight in the innocent happiness of children, enjoy books or society, a walk or a dinner. We approve what is excellent, applaud heroic deeds, esteem the good, love our friends. We honor and respect noble character wherever found; we revere and venerate it in the aged. We extol the goodness and adore the majesty and power of God.

   Antonyms:
   abhor, abominate, contemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, ridicule, scorn

   Synonyms:
   admire, adore, applaud, delight in, enjoy, esteem, esteem, extol, honor, love, respect, revere, venerate, wonder

   Preposition:
   Admire at may still very rarely be found in the old sense of wonder at.

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1. approve

   Antonyms:
   disapprove, dislike, censure, blame, disown, disavow

   Synonyms:
   like, comment, sanction, praise, support, second, promote, encourage, authorize

Matched Categories

1. • Authorize
   • Judge

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. approve, O.K., okay, sanctionverb

   give sanction to

   "I approve of his educational policies"

   Antonyms:
   reject, disapprove

   Synonyms:
   sanction, okay

2. approveverb

   judge to be right or commendable; think well of

   Antonyms:
   disapprove, reject

   Synonyms:
   sanction, okay

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1. approveverb

   Synonyms:
   commend, sanction, countenance, favor, like

How to use approve in a sentence?

1. This President:

   We're looking at that and that has to be approved by the White House. We may or may not approve it, that sounds like a political move.

2. Chuck Reed:

   By putting a cap on the payments it ensures we won't be generating these huge unfunded liabilities that will then drive the cost( higher), employees would have to pay more if they want a bigger or more expensive pension, or they have to ask the voters to approve it.

3. President Biden:

   They want to make it to where candidates that you may not even agree with or approve get money from taxpayers. I mean, it's just ridiculous what they're trying to do here to federalize these elections when it's perfectly clear in our Constitution in Article Two, Section One, Clause Two that the state legislatures are given the right exclusively to set the voting laws in the states and in the union.

4. Alex Azar:

   We said we would have doses available for 20 million people that could be available, and of course, that was a projection based on estimates of when FDA would approve, fDA ended up approving later -- close to Christmas. You've got a natural scale up.

5. Thomas Jefferson:

   Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

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